Content Archive: May 2007

Cabin Interior and Electronics

VIP jet interiors take time

It can take up to two years to outfit a VIP widebody jet.

Grand Prix aces boost Avanti’s increase in speed

Piaggio Aero Industries’ speedy Avanti II, long acknowledged as the fastest turboprop aircraft in the world, is now even faster.At EBACE, Piagg

Bombardier scores $101.4M in orders

In a ceremony yesterday that briefly took on the appearance of a celebratory conga line at the Bombardier stand (Booth No.

Jet Aviation’s Skylliance gains new members

Skylliance, a charter partner program set up by Jet Aviation for smaller air-taxi companies and first announced at EBACE 2006, now has five members: Homac
Aircraft

Akoya is smallest luxury toy here

The ultra-light Akoya, an original amphibian twin-seater, is to make its first flight by this summer.

New Asian Aerospace to talk business aviation

The expanding business aircraft market in the Asia Pacific region will be one of the key issues that will be debated at the Asian Aerospace International E
Avionics

Xenon landing lights gain STCs

Nayak Aircraft Services Group, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, has teamed with LoPresti Speed Merchants of Vero Beach, Florida, to certify, market, inst
Engines

Bizjet engine alliances boost Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce, widely known for heavy engines, such as the Trent powering the Airbus A380 and Boeing B747, is in fact a pre-eminent provider of business jet
Aircraft

Eclipse Expands Upon Market Dominance

Eclipse Aviation announced at EBACE that it has won an order for 180 Eclipse 500s from a single customer.

Edwards charts Jet Av’s future

Jet Aviation was acquired by European private equity firm Permira Funds in 2005 and, barely a year later, bought major independent aviation services and co